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Sinkhole session (NH 8.6) at EGU 2012
Posted on 20 Dec, 2011
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UIS KHS Commission Report for 2013-2017
by Alexander Klimchouk on 05 Jul, 2017
Commission of Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis 2013-2017 Activity Report Background and Goals The UIS Commission on Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis (KHS Commission) started in 1994 as a Working Group with the same name. In 1997 it had been upgraded to the Commission by the UIS Ge ...
UIS KHS Commission: Nominations are open for the election of officers
by Alexander Klimchouk on 12 Jun, 2017
Dear members of the UIS KHS Commission, The 17th International Congress of Speleology in Sydney, Australia is quickly approaching. The UIS KHS Commission has to present an activity report for the period since the last Congress in Brno (2013-2017) and elect new officers (President and two Vice-Pre ...
Welcome to Karstology doctoral study
by Speleogenesis News Manager on 26 May, 2017
The Karstology doctoral study programme is a world-wide unique programme which provides a comprehensive study of karst science, combining the study of the karst landscape, karst caves, karst hydrogeology, biology and ecology of karst in one course of study. It was designed for students who ...
Post-doctoral research position in China
by Speleogenesis News Manager on 08 May, 2017
Postdoctoral fellowships are available for the karst-related carbon-water cycle and the global change study (including the global climate change, and carbon and water cycle studies) in the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS ...
PhD position in Experimental Karst Hydrology at the University of Freiburg
by Speleogenesis News Manager on 05 May, 2017
A vacancy is open for PhD position in Experimental Karst Hydrology within the research project “Global Assessment of Water Stress in Karst Regions in a Changing World (GloW)” funded by the Emmy-Noether Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG). We invite applications for a TV- ...
A Special Issue of Geofluids on hypogene karst
by Speleogenesis News Manager on 17 Apr, 2017
Geofluids (an open access journal with Impact Factor of 1.750, published by Willey and Hindawi) has opened a Special Issue entitled "Focused Reactive Fluid Flow in the Upper Crust: Processes and Manifestations of Hypogene Karstification". This issue, aimed to further examine concepts and m ...
The book "Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of the World" is finished
by Alexander Klimchouk on 28 Dec, 2016
The book “Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of the World” is a project, initiated and coordinated by the Commission on Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis of the International Union of Speleology, as a part of its ongoing HypoKarst project ("Hypogene Karst & Speleogenesis: Natur ...
Karst session at the AGU Fall 2016 Meeting in San Francisco
by Speleogenesis News Manager on 12 Jul, 2016
There will be a karst session at the AGU Fall 2016 Meeting in San Francisco, USA in December 12-16: Characterization, Modeling, and Remediation of Fissured, Carbonate, and Karst Groundwater Systems. Session Description: Fractures, conduits and surface solution features in carbonate karst sys ...
A new book on caves and karst in Austria
by Lukas Plan on 08 Jun, 2016
After 4 years of work I am happy to announce that our book 'Höhlen und Karst in Österreich' (Caves and karst in Austria; Editors: Christoph Spötl, Lukas Plan & Ehrad Christian) will be printed until mid of July. (Click here to download a book flyer) I ...
Unusual perspective on caves
by Alexander Klimchouk on 13 Mar, 2016
Many inspiring ideas on caves can be found in images created by children, generated by the International Contest of Kid’s Drawing "Caves in the Eyes of our Children". Follow the link in the recent blog of Olga Shamanskaya for an outstanding collection of kid’s drawings ...